To charge with a fault; censure with severity; upbraid: now usually with a personal object.To disgrace.Synonyms Reprove, Rebuke, etc. (see censure); revile, vilify, accuse.n. The act of reproaching; a severe expression of censure or blame.n. An occasion of blame or censure, shame, infamy, or disgrace; also, the state of being subject to blame or censure; a state of disgrace.n. An object of contempt, scorn, or derision.n. Synonyms Monition, Reprehension, etc. (see admonition), blame, reviling, abuse, invective, vilification, upbraiding.n. Disrepute, discredit, dishonor, scandal, contumely.